http://www.extremetech.com Built It, Tweak It, Know It Tue, 05 Aug 2014 18:08:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.1 http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187190-full-duplex-a-fundamental-radio-tech-breakthrough-that-could-double-throughput-alleviate-the-spectrum-crunch http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187190-full-duplex-a-fundamental-radio-tech-breakthrough-that-could-double-throughput-alleviate-the-spectrum-crunch#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2014 17:45:36 +0000 Neal Gompa http://www.extremetech.com/?p=187190 The common wisdom goes that we're reaching the limits of what is possible with RF, given the technological constraints that are generally accepted in RF-based technology. But what if one of those constraints was blown away?]]> http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187190-full-duplex-a-fundamental-radio-tech-breakthrough-that-could-double-throughput-alleviate-the-spectrum-crunch/feed 0 http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/187536-could-microsoft-upgrade-the-xbox-ones-hardware-to-fix-the-ps4-performance-gap http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/187536-could-microsoft-upgrade-the-xbox-ones-hardware-to-fix-the-ps4-performance-gap#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2014 16:05:05 +0000 Sebastian Anthony http://www.extremetech.com/?p=187536 As you are well aware, there is a sizable gap between the hardware specifications of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. But who says this will always be the case? It's not unusual for a console to be tweaked or upgraded multiple times throughout its lifetime as new (cheaper) hardware becomes available. Because both consoles use fairly standard PC hardware, could Sony or Microsoft upgrade their consoles to close (or widen) the current performance gap?]]> http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/187536-could-microsoft-upgrade-the-xbox-ones-hardware-to-fix-the-ps4-performance-gap/feed 41 http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187518-synology-nas-devices-targeted-by-hackers-demand-bitcoin-ransom-to-decrypt-files http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187518-synology-nas-devices-targeted-by-hackers-demand-bitcoin-ransom-to-decrypt-files#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2014 14:34:44 +0000 Joel Hruska http://www.extremetech.com/?p=187518 Synology is back in the spotlight for NAS trouble -- this time its devices are being ransomed for Bitcoin. The company has promised an update as soon as it has details; we've got information on how to protect yourself til then. ]]> http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187518-synology-nas-devices-targeted-by-hackers-demand-bitcoin-ransom-to-decrypt-files/feed 6 http://www.extremetech.com/computing/187513-why-apple-wont-dump-intel-x86-for-its-own-arm-chips-in-macbooks-and-the-mac-pro http://www.extremetech.com/computing/187513-why-apple-wont-dump-intel-x86-for-its-own-arm-chips-in-macbooks-and-the-mac-pro#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2014 13:32:17 +0000 Joel Hruska http://www.extremetech.com/?p=187513 Could Apple be prepping a near-term switch to an A7 class product for its future hardware needs? It's not impossible -- but we doubt it. ]]> http://www.extremetech.com/computing/187513-why-apple-wont-dump-intel-x86-for-its-own-arm-chips-in-macbooks-and-the-mac-pro/feed 20 http://www.extremetech.com/computing/187521-google-scans-your-gmail-inbox-for-child-porn-to-help-catch-criminals-but-dont-worry-about-loss-of-privacy-yet http://www.extremetech.com/computing/187521-google-scans-your-gmail-inbox-for-child-porn-to-help-catch-criminals-but-dont-worry-about-loss-of-privacy-yet#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2014 12:02:54 +0000 Sebastian Anthony http://www.extremetech.com/?p=187521 Last week, a man in Texas was arrested by the police for sending child porn to a friend email. This isn't something we'd usually report on, except in this case the man was arrested due to a direct tip-off from Google, which caught the child porn moving across its Gmail servers and dutifully alerted the police. This raises a rather thorny question: How did Google scan the man's inbox for child porn? And more importantly, does this mean Google is scanning everyone's inbox for child porn and other illegal materials?]]> http://www.extremetech.com/computing/187521-google-scans-your-gmail-inbox-for-child-porn-to-help-catch-criminals-but-dont-worry-about-loss-of-privacy-yet/feed 22 http://www.extremetech.com/deals/187496-et-deals-lg-25-inch-2560x1080-ips-monitor-for-229 http://www.extremetech.com/deals/187496-et-deals-lg-25-inch-2560x1080-ips-monitor-for-229#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2014 19:56:10 +0000 Danny Shain http://www.extremetech.com/?p=187496 The LG 25UM64-S monitor sports a ratio of 21:9, making it far wider than your typical 16:9 widescreen display. The extra real estate allows it to pack a 2560x1080 resolution, which means you can watch movies the way they were meant to be seen and get an advantage on other gamers. ]]> http://www.extremetech.com/deals/187496-et-deals-lg-25-inch-2560x1080-ips-monitor-for-229/feed 3 http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187291-to-the-core-how-can-we-travel-to-the-center-of-the-earth http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187291-to-the-core-how-can-we-travel-to-the-center-of-the-earth#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:24:41 +0000 Sebastian Anthony http://www.extremetech.com/?p=187291 There is an odd dichotomy in human exploration: While we think nothing of going up -- jetting through the skies six miles up, skydiving from the edge of space, or launching humans hundreds or thousands of miles into deep space -- going down has always proven rather difficult. To this day, the deepest humankind has ever gone is just 7.6 miles below our feet. It's not that we don't want to go deeper but, try as we might, despite millennia of developing advanced tools and materials, and exploration that has taken spacecraft to the edge of the Solar System, the subterranean depths remain firmly off-limits. Why?]]> http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187291-to-the-core-how-can-we-travel-to-the-center-of-the-earth/feed 32 http://www.extremetech.com/computing/187402-the-case-of-the-vanishing-mobile-gpu-and-what-budget-gamers-should-do-about-it http://www.extremetech.com/computing/187402-the-case-of-the-vanishing-mobile-gpu-and-what-budget-gamers-should-do-about-it#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2014 15:33:52 +0000 Joel Hruska http://www.extremetech.com/?p=187402 It's become increasingly difficult to buy a laptop with a discrete GPU -- we investigate the options and the significant difference between AMD and Intel systems. ]]> http://www.extremetech.com/computing/187402-the-case-of-the-vanishing-mobile-gpu-and-what-budget-gamers-should-do-about-it/feed 32 http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/187412-asus-poseidon-gtx-780-review-hybrid-airwater-cooling-takes-down-the-r9-295x2 http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/187412-asus-poseidon-gtx-780-review-hybrid-airwater-cooling-takes-down-the-r9-295x2#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2014 13:45:52 +0000 Joel Hruska http://www.extremetech.com/?p=187412 Asus' new hybrid Poseidon GPU can run on air or water -- your choice -- and when overclocked, it can take on AMD's best. Not bad for the GTX 780 core. ]]> http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/187412-asus-poseidon-gtx-780-review-hybrid-airwater-cooling-takes-down-the-r9-295x2/feed 15 http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187467-elon-musk-warns-us-that-human-level-ai-is-more-dangerous-than-nukes http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187467-elon-musk-warns-us-that-human-level-ai-is-more-dangerous-than-nukes#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2014 12:39:15 +0000 Sebastian Anthony http://www.extremetech.com/?p=187467 Elon Musk, the mastermind behind SpaceX and Tesla, believes that artificial intelligence is "potentially more dangerous than nukes," imploring all of humankind "to be super careful with AI," unless we want the ultimate fate of humanity to closely resemble Judgment Day from Terminator . Personally I think Musk is being a little hyperbolic -- after all, we've survived more than 60 years of the threat of thermonuclear mutually assured destruction -- but still, it's worth considering Musk's words in greater detail.]]> http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187467-elon-musk-warns-us-that-human-level-ai-is-more-dangerous-than-nukes/feed 115